Document distribué aux élèves vendredi 4 décembre :

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NINE ELEVEN : a chronology of the events.

At 8.46, local time :                             At 9.03 :                                              At 9.43 :

American Airlines Flight n° 11                United Airlines Flight n° 175                   American Airlines Flight n° 77

(with 76 passengers on board +             carrying 51 passengers             (with 51 passengers + 5 terrorists

5 terrorist + 2 pilots +                            + 5 terrorists + 2 pilots +                       + 2 pilots and 4 members of

9 crew members) crashes between        7 members of crew) crashes                  crew on board) crashes on the

91^st and 99^th floor of the North Tower.      between 77^th and 85^th floor                      Pentagon.

                                                           of the South Tower.

                                                                            At 10.03 :

                                                                                  United Airlines Flight n° 93 (carrying 33 passengers +

                                                           4 hijackers+ 2 pilots+ 5 members of crew) crashes

in a field in Pennsylvania.

At 10.05 : The North Tower collapses. Many people are killed, including emergency workers and

    about 300 fire fighters.

At 10.28 : The South Tower collapses. Many more people are killed.

About 3,000 people died in the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.